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Definition of Frontal bone
1. Noun. The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits.
Terms within: Glabella, Mesophyron, Metopion, Ophryon, Frontal Eminence
Generic synonyms: Membrane Bone
Group relationships: Braincase, Brainpan, Cranium
Definition of Frontal bone
1. Noun. The bone of the forehead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Frontal bone
1. The large single bone forming the forehead and the upper margin and roof of the orbit on either side; it articulates with the parietal, nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, and zygomatic bones, and with the lesser wings of the sphenoid. Synonym: os frontale, coronale. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontal Bone
Literary usage of Frontal bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The anterior border, deeply serrated, is bevelled at the expense of the outer
surface above and of the inner below ; it articulates with the frontal bone, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The anterior border, deeply serrated, is bevelled at the expense of the outer
surface »We and of the inner below ; it articulates with the frontal bone, ..."
3. The Lancet (1898)
"The frontal bone was everywhere worm- eaten and the greater part of the squama
of the frontal bone, the orbital arches, and much of the orbital plate» were ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1881)
"Gunshot fracture of superciliary ridge and frontal bone. Baltimore hospital. ...
frontal bone fractured, and right eye destroyed ; right leg also fractured. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1842)
"A nearly transverse suture divides the fore-part of the parietal from the
post-frontals. The median frontal bone is single, like that of the New World ..."
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